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Security Updates for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (January 2023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169783

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an antimalware application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:
 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
 (CVE-2023-21725)

Solution

Microsoft has released version 5.109 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?867b0b4e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169783

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jan_msrt.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/10/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine

Required KB Items: SMB/MRT/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21725